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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of whitewash.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to a fence or wall that has been painted with the temporary paint whitewash.

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  • adjective coated with whitewash

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Examples

  • Court last week, and was what they call whitewashed, I believe.

    Vanity Fair 2006

  • Ragland's son, went through the Court last week, and was what they call whitewashed, I believe.

    Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • After years of living in whitewashed churches, it can be depressing to stare at the blank walls and abstract art and wonder what sort of decorations have been obliterated in the name of spartan simplicity.

    Archive 2007-05-01 regina doman 2007

  • After years of living in whitewashed churches, it can be depressing to stare at the blank walls and abstract art and wonder what sort of decorations have been obliterated in the name of spartan simplicity.

    Signs of Hope regina doman 2007

  • Plain whitewashed walls, a heavy door, a wooden table with two chairs, and one small window with frosted glass rendered the room soulless.

    Excerpt: Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear 2005

  • The tourists crowded the tables in the sidewalk cafes, the slogans had been whitewashed from the walls, the children were back in school.

    Letters from Mexico watch out for the wind 2000

  • The tourists crowded the tables in the sidewalk cafes, the slogans had been whitewashed from the walls, the children were back in school.

    Letters from Mexico watch out for the wind 2000

  • Some years ago, one of the old houses in the piazza, now ruthlessly whitewashed, is said to have borne distinct traces of external decorations by Cesare Vecellio, the cousin and pupil of Titian.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • Then a pleasant expression whitewashed his features, and he said, “What happened next?”

    Salem Falls JODI PICOULT 2001

  • " Then a pleasant expression whitewashed his features, and he said, "What happened next?

    Salem Falls Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2001

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